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 Stone No.970/2

 

Carries 970. Listed as 970-2 in MI listings.

 

Inscription.

 

Hic dormit David Tendal pistor qui obiit 10 die Novembris 1600 atatis suae 45

Memento Mori.

Here sleeps David Tiendel Baker 10th Nov 1600 and of his age 45 years.

Remember to die.

 

Lower panel.

 

Revised 1893 by

Mrs John McGowan of London

Grand-daughter of the above

to the memory of her parents

William and Helen A Thain

also her three children

William, Helen and John

and all her kin who are

buried in the Howff


The Wilson photograph above has the original revised inscription in the lower panel.

Revised in AD. 1816 by Wm Thain weaver in Dalfield

 

 Burial place of Tindals, 1591, 1600, 1694. The Tindals were the principal bakers in Dundee for upwards of 200 years, and held the office of Deacon of the Bakers for several generations. Tindal`s Wynd, High Street, receives its name from David Tindal, who died December 1591